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  • Whatever happened to the “polycrisis”? A couple of years ago it was the buzzword of the world, describing a concatenation of interacting crises that aggravated each other and made solutions appear impossible. In the year since the inauguration of Donald Trump his words and actions have so dominated world events that discussion of the polycrisis
  • Measure 20-373, “The Lane County Watersheds Bill of Rights,” which is on the ballot for the May 19th election in western Oregon, would enshrine “rights of nature” for water and watersheds in Lane County.  If their spending is any indicator, corporate interests find this incredibly threatening.  Records show that as of April 25th, $188,825 in
  • NATO overreach It is easy to understand why some “peace” people are criticizing Donald Trump’s frequent threat to pull the US out of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. As a peace person, however, I have to agree with Trump’s threat. Pull out! I have entirely different reasons than Trump; mine are related to actual peace,